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Elusive contentment

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It’s a bit difficult to write on my laptop when there is a small dog sitting in my lap.  I hesitate to move her, though, because she is keeping me warm!  This cold weather is not my friend. We did our homeschooling reading today while snuggling under a blanket on the couch.  Outside the pool waterfall is on, triggered by the freezing temperatures to keep running so those pipes don’t freeze.  It looks incongruous and out of place with the snow-covered palm tree standing silently beside it. On the math front, we’re still working our way through the tests to … Continue reading Elusive contentment

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Lessons from the beauty shop

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Today has been one of those homeschooling-on-the-go kind of days.  Due to my quarterly effort to stave off the effects of aging hair follicles with toxic dye, we spent the morning holed up at the beauty shop.  Fortunately, the black leather couch is almost as comfy as our own, so my daughter felt right at home doing her schoolwork.  The next time she has trouble focusing, I will ask her to bring up reserves of whatever it was that allowed her to focus today even with hair dryers buzzing and chatter all around the shop! I’ve decided that I rather … Continue reading Lessons from the beauty shop

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The Boss of Math

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Last year, I read and blogged my way through the Bible.  This year, I am again reading through the Bible chronologically, but I have a new blogging challenge. I am a homeschooling mom of an only child.  I want to write about our experiences together in hopes of getting and giving ideas and support from other homeschooling bloggers out in the arena.  I hope that writing about our schooling will give me a forum to evaluate our progress and will keep me accountable. I have to guard myself from a tendency to follow after the next new wave. Then we … Continue reading The Boss of Math

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NeverFaith

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I’m beginning to think that I am a fair weather friend to God.  When life throws punches, I want to duck, crawl under the covers, and go to sleep until the prizefighter goes away.  I want the Lord to fix everything for me…but he doesn’t.  At least not Right.Now. Perhaps this blog would be better titled “NeverFaith” rather than “EverFaith,” at least today.  I am at the bottom of a pit.  Eighty people are depending on me to do something that I don’t know how to do.  Even if I knew how to do it, I don’t WANT to do … Continue reading NeverFaith

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Removing virtual idols

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Jeremiah 46-48 Jeremiah gives prophesies about the coming destruction of the land of Egypt, the Philistines, and Moab.  Their crime?  Worshiping idols and false gods. It makes me wonder what kind of false gods we have in our society.  In who or what do we put our trust? Our western culture does not fashion idols out of wood or stone.  We are fast becoming worse than an idol worshiping country: we are becoming a country where the people worship NO god other than themselves.  Humanity is the pinnacle of all there ever will be and of all there ever has … Continue reading Removing virtual idols